Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

THE MUSTARD TREE FOUNDATION (READING)

THE MUSTARD TREE ACTS AS A SUPPORT ORGANISATION FOR MANY LOCAL PROJECTS WHICH SEEK TO HELP SUPPORT AND ADD VALUE TO THE SPECIFIC GROUP. THESE INCLUDE YOUNG PEOPLE, LOCAL RESIDENTS, PARENTS, AND MANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£490£434£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£545£503£41£22£132£1323.218257
31/12/21£495£502£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£341£332£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£295£290£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£207£279£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£250£195£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£276£290£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£242£239£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£209£205£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£183£211£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£206£191£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£161£158£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£177£173£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£137£123£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08*£93£86£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£69£85£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£58£70£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£86£90£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£147£46£101n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.themustardtree.org

Katherine.Shepherd@themustardtree.org

01189567000

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Reading,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Blagrave Trust£122,800
BBC Children in Need£75,600
National Lottery Community Fund£70,000
Tudor Trust£52,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Rank Foundation£11,725
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2022 Autumn Community Grants
£4,500 08/08/2023
Grants up to £5,000 to support programmes that connect and engage older people.
Rank Foundation - Col Core Starting Point (part of The Mustard Tree Foundation (MTF), Reading) 2023 Part
£11,725 27/04/2023
Starting Point (part of The Mustard Tree Foundation (MTF), Reading) received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover the cost of staff salaries.
The Blagrave Trust - Regional Partnership Grants
£62,400 31/03/2023
Mentoring support
National Lottery Community Fund - Engage
£60,000 20/01/2023
This funding will be used to recruit and train local volunteers to provide regular phone calls in person visits and support to access community activities to lonely and isolated people. The project ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Starting Point Mentoring
£10,000 21/10/2022
The funding will be used to train 30 volunteers and mentor 45 young people improving their social emotional and educational wellbeing. This project aims to support young people in the community to ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Mustard Tree Foundation - Starting Point
£15,000 29/06/2022
The grant will contribute towards the cost of the mentoring programme ‘Starting Point’ in Swindon.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 04/04/2022
Starting Point
The Blagrave Trust - Mentoring support
£60,400 03/09/2021
Mentoring for young people and young adults. Additional welfare grant: total funding increased by £400 in December 2021.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Mustard Tree Foundation - Starting Point
£5,000 17/06/2021
12
The grant will fund volunteer mentors to work with vulnerable young people.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mustard Tree Foundation (Reading)
£2,000 04/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mustard Tree Foundation (Reading)
£50,000 04/01/2021
24
over two years as continuation funding, on an unrestricted basis, for a charity in Reading that hosts and incubates a range of frontline community projects
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Engage Befriending
£6,851 24/10/2020
We would like to recruit and train more volunteers to visit isolated older people in the community, which will help alleviate loneliness.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Mustard Tree Foundation (Reading)
£75,600 30/07/2020
Covid19 - This project will provide a mentoring support programme to disadvantaged young people across Berkshire, further impacted by Covid-19. Young people will increase their aspirations, improve ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 14/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
CAF - Grant to The Mustard Tree Foundation (Reading)
£9,736 29/06/2020
3
Grant to The Mustard Tree Foundation (Reading) to support the organisation through COVID19
Joseph Rank Trust - The Mustard Tree, Reading
£45,000 23/07/2018
36
To fund the running costs of the charity
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mustard Tree Foundation (Reading)
£90,000 12/10/2017
36
over three years towards core costs at a charity in Reading which hosts and incubates a range of frontline community projects
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 09/10/2017
Reading Lifeline - Expanding our reaching into deprived & BME communities
National Lottery Community Fund - starting point mentoring hubs
£10,000 20/09/2017
12
The organisation will establish new community hubs to support young people who are NEET, with a view to engaging on a local level to help them back into employment.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-86
  • ALISON AWUKU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Counsellor/Psychological Therapist
  • DAVID GIBBONS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • DR JOHN HAWKINS OBE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • ISABEL CLIFFORD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Children Welfare
  • KEVIN JAMES POTTER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Pastor
  • MR M J PENSON (Chair), Occupation: Director Office Supplies
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/06/2004, number: 1104631
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/12/2003, number: 04986086
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 11 days late,
Main office

4 SACKVILLE STREET
READING
RG1 1NT

Objectives

The relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.To be a voice for, and to practically support, those, in local communities, who are disadvantaged by reason of age, bereavement, disability, education, exploitation, ill-health, isolation, poverty, unemployment, or other disadvantage. We do this by demonstrating integrity and expressing compassion to all, irrespective of circumstances, in accordance with the values of our Christian faith. To promote charitable purposes for the benefit of the community without distinction of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or of political or religious or other opinions, and in particular by: (a) The promotion of improved health and wellbeing and the relief of poverty and distress. (b) To provide or assist in the provision of facilities and services that empower individuals to develop personally, and to build stronger and more cohesive communities.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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